The Meaning of the Ark of the Covenant through the Logos Heuristics

Abstract

By placing the Ark of the Covenant in the first Jewish Temple in the 10th century before the Common Era (BCE), King Solomon relieved Levite priests from carrying the Ark. Three centuries later, King Josiah of Judah asked the Levites to return that container to the Temple, implying that it was no longer there. The gold-plated Ark enclosed more than an unvarying law in the Decalogue and in the ‘obedience-classical-computing’ of the crystal Thummim sewed into the Ephod worn by Aaron, the first high priest. Aaron’s vest also contained the crystal Urim, or flexible variations between obedience and disobedience, in the quantum computing epitomized by the ‘tree-of-the-knowledge-of-good-and-evil’ (Genesis 2). Together, the Thummim and Urim crystals embody the Wisdom ascribed to nature’s Nature and to the Tree-of-Life. Solomon shared this Wisdom with the visiting Queen of Sheba. Although the Ark may have never followed Sheba’s return into Ethiopia, her mariners could have shared Solomon’s Wisdom with Greek, Hindu, Chinese, and Olmec sages. This hypothesis addresses the simultaneous rise in the 6th century BCE of the Logos posited by Heraclitus in Greek-Ionia; of Dharma in Hinduism, of the Buddhist-Sanskrit name “Tathāgatha”; of Social Intelligence in the meeting of Laozi with Kong-Fuzi in China; and, among the Mesoamerican Olmecs, of the legend about the bird-serpent that the Aztecs called later “Quetzal-coatl.” The power of the returning Quetzalcoatl to save humans and nonhuman species from obliteration matches the will of readers eager to catch the esoteric meaning of the vanished Ark.

Joining General Relativity to Particles Physics through Complex Numbers and Autism

“…The condemnation of her metaphorical dreams implies that "moving through obstacles" agrees with "flying". Since Jesus too could pass through others (Luke 4: 21-30, KJV) as an alternative to flying away, He derided the devil"s call to jump from the highest edge in Jerusalem"s Temple (Matthew 4:6, KJV): His social wings disowned the ambitious wings of the devil (Cassella, 2019).…”

“…In figure 9, I grouped in "C" the third and fourth stage that the literature attributes to Piaget; and I cut by one year the time span of the E stage. 33 "Proper Self", or "consciousness of the permanence of the self", is akin to "Zaitchik-Photo-Task"(Zaitchik, 1990), or "consciousness of the permanence of the other".34 Readers may find a description of the protocols of my experiment at researchautism.com.35 General-relativity/classical-computing, finite speed, Pauli Exclusion, and Einstein"s relativity of simultaneity match the "1 st attention", or the Egyptian "Crook", Moses" "Thummim", Zechariah"s "Hovalim"(Cassella, 2019), and the Mesoamerican "Tonal"(Castaneda, 1974).36 Particle-physics/quantum-computing, and infinite speed match the "2 nd attention", or the Egyptian "Flail", Moses" "Urim", Zechariah"s "No'am"(Cassella, 2019), and the Mesoamerican "Nagual"(Castaneda, 1974).…”

A Cognitive View of the Cosmos and the Universal Grammar

“…For example, I link my research on autistics' quandary, the Universal Grammar (Cassella, 2019c) behind Peirce's logic, and the cognitive meaning of the crossing in Gorham's Cave at Gibraltar (traced by Neanderthals earlier than 37,000 BCE [Before the Common Era]) with the Wisdom hidden in our Sacred Texts (Cassella, 2019a(Cassella, , 2021c and artworks.…”

Gaging the Neural Path of the Universal Grammar by the Logos Heuristics

“…Only Education and Gandhi's Swaraj can exchange the desire to own material goods for a cognitive wellbeing and a communitarian "disposition of heart" (Peirce, 1878, last § of Section IV) that could help us win with the other on the road to sustainable Progress! After seizing Peirce's pragmaticism, the power attached to the "Tree of Life" (Cassella, 2019a), memory of common sense, the return of Quetzalcoatl, and their third point, we could help our descendants by: Reaching the Third Point may stop the foolish bent for changing our cool planet into hot Venus, and regain instead the Earth that hosted Smilodon saber-toothed cats 10 000 years ago, when the atmosphere was cooler by 2 °C.…”

“…The social mind of Gandhi, the Buddha, and Quetzalcoatl has guided my scientific exploration of humans' cognitive development (Cassella, 1997(Cassella, , 2000(Cassella, , 2011; global warming (Cassella, 2017a); art (Cassella, 2017b); math (Cassella, 2018a); the bridge between psychology and neuroscience (Cassella 2018b); Sacred Texts (Cassella, 2019a); the link between gravity and quantum physics (Cassella, 2019b); and the Universal Grammar behind Peirce's ironic reading.…”